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CONICOSIA
(
G
)
Goslings (
Wf
) Gansies, Snotwortel (
Le
)
Family:
AIZOACEAE
conos, = a pine-cone, a fir-cone;
-icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’;
(cone-shaped)
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
(shape of the capsule)
(
LS
,
BL
,
Le
)
Conicosia pugioniformis subsp. pugioniformis
(
La
)
Clock Plants, Snotwortel, Varkslaai (
PS
)
Location: (
F
)
pugio, = a short weapon for stabbing, a dagger, dirk, poniard;
forma, = form, contour, figure, shape, appearance.
(dagger-shaped)
(
ld
,
BL
)